Dr. Lipschitz is star-rated by her patients who base their opinions on scheduling, office environment, her trustworthiness and time spent. With nearly three decades experience, Dr. Deborah Lipschitz is a board-certified in General, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist working in private practice. She is an expert in treating children with anxiety disorders, PTSD, behavioral disabilities and complex psychiatric diagnoses and is an invaluable source to the region’s educational system and her community.

Dr. Lipschitz received her medical degree from the University of Cape Town in 1986. She attained her residency and fellowship training in Psychiatry, and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University in Bronx, New York. Dr. Lipschitz is affiliated with Veterans Affairs Medical Center – West Haven and Yale-New Haven Hospital.

Clinical experience includes Staff Psychiatrist at the National Center for PTSD; Medical Director of the Child and Adolescent Research and Education (CARE) Program at Yale University; and Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Child Study Center at Yale University School of Medicine. Professional awards and recognition include the AAP/Mead Johnson Fellowship Award, the Leo Davidoff Society Award for Excellence in Teaching and the APA Research Colloquium for Young Investigators.

Dr. Lipschitz holds membership in the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP), and has served on its Child Abuse and Neglect Committee. She is also a member of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies and has published many articles on the clinical ramifications and neurobiology of childhood maltreatment, post-traumatic stress disorder and adolescent suicidality.

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